East Point, Georgia.
Typical home $229,938 (-4.8% in a year), asking rent $1,516 (+4.2%). Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$586 (+95%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $11,587 -5%
- $241,525$229,938 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $6,770 +3%
- $223,168$229,938 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- East Point$1,207
- Georgia$1,727
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in East Point, GA fell 4.8% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Asking rents in East Point, GA rose 4.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +2.7%.
Owning the typical home in East Point runs $105/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $590 in Apr 2024.
That is $1,621 a month against $1,516 rent: a $1,207 mortgage payment, plus $168 property tax and $246 insurance & upkeep.
Owning vs renting — East Point
The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.
- Owning all in$1,621
- Renting$1,516
- Mortgage only$1,207
Property tax · $168/mo 0.88% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for Fulton County, GA
Insurance & upkeep · $246/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.
Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.
Living in East Point, Fulton County, Georgia
East Point is a city of 38,358 people in Fulton County. Half its households earn more than $68,598 a year and half less, against $95,292 across Fulton County; 20% of its people live below the poverty line. 44% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 56% are rented. Unemployment in East Point was 4.4% in August 2026, and Fulton County had 0.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. East Point is a city on the south side of metro Atlanta, in Fulton County. Its residents are younger than the typical American, and more of them rent than own, so the streets hold a mix of long-settled households and newer arrivals. Incomes sit well below the county's, and a good many households live on little. Winters are mild and brief, with only a dusting of snow in a typical year, and summers run hot. Rain is steady and plentiful across the seasons.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, and in transport, warehouses and utilities. Among the largest workplaces in East Point are Amazon, Walmart and Sodexo. Most adults do not hold a four-year degree, and the commute to work is a fairly long one. A noticeable number of residents work from home.
Things to do. Several well-known attractions are a short drive away. Georgia Aquarium and Zoo Atlanta suit a day out with family or grandchildren, and the High Museum of Art offers an afternoon indoors. Mercedes-Benz Stadium, also a short drive off, hosts the city's big games and events. Closer to home, the Flint River runs in or beside town.
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- 15,855households
- 36%of adults have a degree
- 20%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 20%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Fulton County had 948,768 jobs in 2025, 0.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 54° and lows near 36°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 72°. About 2 inches of snow and 50 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in East Point
- AmazonCouriers and express delivery services1,023
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters332
- SodexoFood service contractors325
- The Martin-Brower Company319
- Corporate Service Management of AmericaJanitorial services260
- SodexoFacilities support services250
- Atlanta Community Food BankFood banks239
- Sky ChefsAirline food services contractors223
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 33 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,854 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in East Point’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Fulton County and the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA metro.
East Point home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- East Point$229,938
- Georgia$329,115
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 East Point listings, and the typical home goes pending in 43 days — the market is heating up.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- East Point31.00%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- East Point43
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- East Point234
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- East Point49
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- East Point$213,646
- United States$371,407
Zip codes with a East Point address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls East Point — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.